Chapter on Ruling of the Traveller and the Sick Person Regarding Fasting

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from Ali ibn Asbat, from a man, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: Imam عليه السلام said: “When month of Ramadan enters, then Allah سبحانه وتعالى has a condition in it. Allah سبحانه وتعالى, said: ‘So whoever among you witnesses the month, let him fast it.’ (Surah al-Baqarah 2:185) Therefore, when the month of Ramadan enters, a man has no right to go out except for Hajj, or Umrah, or wealth whose destruction he fears, or a brother whose destruction he fears. And he has no right to go out for the destruction of his brother’s wealth. Then when the night of the twenty-third (of the month of Ramadan) has passed, let him go out wherever he wishes.”